Ibanez RG vs S series - what's the difference?

Being an owner of both an Ibanez RG and S, I have to give my vote convincingly to the RG. Not that the S is a bad guitar at all. But I love the the sharp edges of the RG. And it's razor thin neck with 2 octaves? There's no beating that! The whammy is not to be defeated by Floyd (and it floats evenly better than the Rose). Then you custom out with Duncan (and Carvin, R.I.P.) pickups and...kicking a** awaits...

you have THE (and maybe only) best review of the Ibanez S series guitars out there - thank you. nice and clear reporting

I own a ibanez Rg and I can say 100% it's soo worth it

Nice, informative vid. Landon Bailey suggests the S series can be a good alternative to a Fender Strat, and your video demonstrates this. BTW, you said the RG’s come with 24 frets, making it sound like the S’s don’t. But I know that the S670-QM has 24.

Most of the S models came out with a Floyd Rose tremolo till about 2005. My one S has a single locking tremolo and the other on i bought second hand has a double locking tremolo. Most models these days comes out with a Edge Tremolo

As a hardcore Ibanez fan, one of the "S" guitars you showed was a "SA" it was too thick to be a S. You can get S, and RG in virtually any configurations. One of the RGs you showed was an arch top RGA. The main difference between the S, RG, SA, and RGA are...

S- Thin body, comes in most wood/pick up and term configurations. S series are so thin it is hard to fit stuff inside of it, hence the exterior 5-way switch cover.
RG- Sharp point horns, thicker than a "S", comes in most wood/pick up and trem configurations
SA- looks like a S but top is arched, the back is not and it is noticeably thicker than the S. Comes in most configurations but primarily strat style configs, as this is Ibanez Strat model.
RGA- A RG archtop. Comes in most configurations, just an RG with a archtop.
RGD- RG downtune, baritone guitar, slightly different cutout.
RGs can come in downtune and multiscale configs, I have not seen S in multiscale or downtune configs.
I have seen S and RG series 7 and 8 string guitars.

Love the Rg series!